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Events for November 21, 2024
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ECE Seminar: Advanced Algorithms for Physical Design Automation Targeting 2D and 3D ICs
Thu, Nov 21, 2024 @ 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Dr. Sung Kyu Lim, Motorola Solutions Foundation Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
Talk Title: Advanced Algorithms for Physical Design Automation Targeting 2D and 3D ICs
Abstract: In this talk, we present advanced algorithms, both conventional and AI-driven, developed to automate the manufacturing-ready layout generation of high-performance 2D and 3D integrated circuits. We utilize traditional algorithms such as graph search, mathematical programming, stochastic optimization, and dynamic programming to automate and refine the physical layouts of 2D and 3D ICs, focusing on power, performance, area (PPA), and electro-thermo-mechanical reliability. Our AI-driven methodologies include the use of generative AI, reinforcement learning enhanced by active learning, graph neural networks, and transformers. We demonstrate how these cutting-edge algorithms address complex challenges in physical design automation for 2D and 3D ICs.
Biography: Prof. Sung Kyu Lim earned his Ph.D. in Computer Science from UCLA in 2000. Since 2001, he has been a faculty member at the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology. His research explores the architecture, design, and electronic design automation (EDA) of 2.5D and 3D integrated circuits, contributing to over 400 published papers. He received the Best Paper Awards from the IEEE Transactions on CAD in 2022 and the ACM Design Automation Conference in 2023. He is an IEEE Fellow and served as a program manager at DARPA's Microsystems Technology Office from 2022 to 2024.
Host: Dr. Peter Beerel, pabeerel@usc.edu
Webcast: https://usc.zoom.us/j/94963582840?pwd=Sf9z2kOLhLbBUl5Z7FBeOiGbbJI0Tx.1 (USC NetID login required to join seminar)Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 132
WebCast Link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/94963582840?pwd=Sf9z2kOLhLbBUl5Z7FBeOiGbbJI0Tx.1 (USC NetID login required to join seminar)
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Mayumi Thrasher
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AME Special Seminar
Thu, Nov 21, 2024 @ 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM
Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Karen Mulleners, EPFL
Talk Title: Shaping up to Explore and Exploit Unsteady Fluid-structure Interactions
Abstract: Nature is full of thin, flexible objects that bend, flutter, or flap in the wind or the water such as leaves of trees and bushes, insect wings, and fish fins. A remarkable feature that is common to these objects is their ability to deform when interacting with the air or the water in a way that benefits them. Leaves of trees bend in the wind to reduce their resistance and the loads on their stems. The flexibility of insect wings and fish fins can reduce the effort the animals need to stay aloft or to propel themselves and increases their performance and agility. Leaves, insect wings, and fish fins come in a myriad of different shapes and sizes. Surprisingly, the influence of the shape of thin flexible objects on their fluid structure interactions has not yet received much attention. In our lab, we design unsteady fluid-structure interaction experiments to close that gap and fundamentally study how the shape of flexible structures and their ability to reconfigure changes their fluid dynamic performance and resilience in dynamic fluid environments. I will present recent work including experimental investigations of the fluid-structure interactions of deformable flapping wings, reconfiguring disks, and flapping flags.
Biography: Karen Mulleners is an associate professor in the institute of mechanical engineering in the school of engineering at EPFL. She is the head of the unsteady flow diagnostics laboratory (UNFoLD). She is an experimental fluid dynamicist who focuses on unfolding the origin and development of unsteady flow separation and vortex formation. Karen studied physics in Belgium (Hasselt University, previously Limburgs Universitair Centrum) and the Netherlands (TU Eindhoven). She received her PhD in mechanical engineering from the Leibniz Universität Hannover in Germany in 2010 for her work on dynamic stall on pitching airfoils that she conducted as a member of the German aerospace centre (DLR) in Göttingen. Before joining EPFL in 2016, Karen was a (non-tenure track) assistant professor at the Leibniz Universität Hannover in Germany.
Host: AME Department
Location: Olin Hall of Engineering (OHE) - 406
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Tessa Yao
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ECE Seminar: Daniel Neuhold
Thu, Nov 21, 2024 @ 10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Daniel Neuhold, CEO, LoconIQ R&D | Klagenfurt, Austria
Talk Title: Entrepreneurial Road Towards a Robust 3D Tracking Solution with UWB
Abstract: As industries strive to enhance quality control and to ensure thorough traceability, the demand for sophisticated 3D tracking solutions drastically increased over the last years. LoconIQ stands out with a robust solution to empower new applications with high-precision and real-time 3D tracking. The company’s main innovations are a time-of-flight based ranging algorithm that allows for sub-centimeter distances measurements and a proprietary sensor fusion that integrates ultra-wideband (UWB) data and auxiliary sensors. The solution utilizes UWB signal characteristics and noise/outlier classification models of sensors to facilitate a weighted unscented Kalman Filter (UKF) approach for the localization. With these innovations, LoconIQ delivers a robust 3D tracking solution at a centimeter level accuracy with latencies of only a few ms. The talk will provide insights into the technology and provide real-life examples, outlining step-by-step improvements from a simple Kalman Filter based localization approach to the company’s current UKF with weighting and an advanced sensor fusion. The talk will, furthermore, provide some insights into the applications for such a technology and address the entrepreneurial journey from a university spin-off to a million-dollar company.
Biography: The talk will be given by Daniel Neuhold, who embarked on his Ph.D. journey focusing on wireless communication for aeronautical applications. More particularly, working with Airbus in a project to eliminates wires from commercial airplanes and Ariane carrier rockets. Aiming to substitute data cables with wireless communication to drastically reduce the aircraft’s weight. Daniel then pivoted to the utilization of the used ultra-wide band (UWB) communication to facilitate real-time and high-precision wireless ranging. With this research topic, Daniel performed a seven-months long research stay at the University of Southern California in 2018. After which, he pursued his entrepreneurial path and patented algorithms for precise and low-latency ranging. These efforts culminated in a first prototype solution, which demonstrated the capabilities of the developed technology to raise millions in funding, leading to the incorporate and scale-up of the company. LoconIQ now enables robust and high-precision 3D tracking with a small and battery-powered sensor device, that comes as a turnkey solution right out-of-the-box.
Host: Dr. Andreas F. Molisch
More Information: 2024.11.21 ECE Seminar - Daniel Neuhold.pdf
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - EEB 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Miki Arlen
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NL Seminar- "Weakly Supervised Learning for Adaptive LLM Agents?"
Thu, Nov 21, 2024 @ 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Information Sciences Institute
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Da Yin, UCLA, UCLA
Talk Title: "Weakly Supervised Learning for Adaptive LLM Agents?"
Abstract: REMINDER: Meeting hosts only admit on-line guests that they know to the Zoom meeting. Hence, you’re highly encouraged to use your USC account to sign into Zoom. If you’re an outside visitor, please inform us at (nlg-seminar-host(at)isi.edu) to make us aware of your attendance so we can admit you. Specify if you will attend remotely or in person at least one business day prior to the event Provide your: full name, job title and professional affiliation and arrive at least 10 minutes before the seminar begins. If you do not have access to the 6th Floor for in-person attendance, please check in at the 10th floor main reception desk to register as a visitor and someone will escort you to the conference room location. ZOOM INFO: https://usc.zoom.us/j/98977559622?pwd=IK59VbdZJiGIPV9xjUjabrjEauRDai.1 Meeting ID: 989 7755 9622 Passcode: 307452 LLM agents are revolutionizing complex task-solving through multi-step planning, reasoning, and real-world or simulated interactions. However, their adaptability to unseen tasks and environments remains a challenge, especially with limited training resources. In this talk, I will first introduce Agent Lumos (ACL 2024), a foundational framework for training general-purpose, open-source LLM agents that enables better generalization across domains, by the unified training over the trajectories converted from the ubiquitous, unstructured annotated reasoning rationales. I will also discuss Trial and Error (ACL 2024) and Q* Agent, which foster self-exploration, and collect trajectories for preference optimization and process reward modeling based on environmental feedback. Finally, I will outline future directions, including agent critique and world models, to enhance LLM adaptability with minimal effort.
Biography: Da Yin is a final-year PhD student in Computer Science at UCLA, advised by Prof. Kai-Wei Chang, working in the UCLA NLP lab. He was awarded Amazon PhD Fellowship and Best Paper Award at EMNLP Pan-DL workshop in 2023. He was also the co-organizer of 1st ACL MML workshop, publicity chair of 4th SocalNLP Symposium, and area chair at ACL ARR from 2023. His research interest is building generalizable, adaptive, and inclusive language processing models that can be applied across applications and regions.
Host: Jonathan May and Katy Felkner
More Info: https://www.isi.edu/research-groups-nlg/nlg-seminars/
Webcast: https://usc.zoom.us/j/98977559622?pwd=IK59VbdZJiGIPV9xjUjabrjEauRDai.1Location: Information Science Institute (ISI) - Conf Rm#689
WebCast Link: https://usc.zoom.us/j/98977559622?pwd=IK59VbdZJiGIPV9xjUjabrjEauRDai.1
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Pete Zamar
Event Link: https://www.isi.edu/research-groups-nlg/nlg-seminars/
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2025 Spring Mentor Training
Thu, Nov 21, 2024 @ 11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Student Activity
2025 Spring Mentor Training
Location: Sign into EngageSC to View Location
Audiences:
Contact: Yadi Wang
Event Link: https://engage.usc.edu/ViterbiGradmentorship/rsvp?id=401341
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Semiconductors & Microelectronics Technology Seminar - Azadeh Ansari, Thursday, Nov. 21st at 2:15pm in EEB 248
Thu, Nov 21, 2024 @ 02:15 PM - 03:30 PM
Ming Hsieh Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Speaker: Azadeh Ansari, Georgia Institute of Technology
Talk Title: MEMS for Next Generation Radio Frequency and Biomedical Applications
Series: Semiconductors & Microelectronics Technology
Abstract: With the ever-increasing number of wireless devices, the frequency spectrum is getting more crowded and the need for signal filtering at emerging wireless bands is ever more critical. Recent advances in thickness downscaling of piezoelectric transducers have opened up new horizons for resonator operation at the millimeter wave frequencies; and enabled the use of nonlinearities in nanomechanical devices. I will present my group's work on developing novel Aluminum Scandium Nitride acoustic resonators, as well as nanomechanical frequency combs. In the second part of the talk, I will present my group's work on the fabrication, actuation and control of micro robotics systems. The recent advances in the nanofabrication and 3D printing at the nanoscale offer robotic solutions at exceedingly small scales that are instrumental for biomedical applications.
Biography: Azadeh Ansari is an Associate Professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech. Her research focuses on resonant MEMS, acoustics, micromachined integrated sensors, and micro-robotics. She earned the M.S and Ph.D. degrees in Electrical Engineering from University of Michigan, Ann Arbor in 2013 and 2016. Prior to joining Georgia Tech, she was a postdoctoral scholar in the Physics Department at Caltech. She is the recipient of the 2023 IEEE Transducers Early Career Award, 2021 Roger Webb Outstanding Junior Faculty Award from Georgia Tech, 2020 NSF CAREER award, 2017 ProQuest Distinguished Dissertation Award from the University of Michigan, as well as 2016 University of Michigan Richard and Eleanor Towner Prize for outstanding Ph.D. research.
Host: J Yang, C Zhou, S Cronin, W Wu
More Information: Azadeh Ansari Flyer.pdf
Location: Hughes Aircraft Electrical Engineering Center (EEB) - 248
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Marilyn Poplawski
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International Student Career Panel
Thu, Nov 21, 2024 @ 03:30 PM - 05:00 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Student Activity
Attend the International Student Career Panel to gain valuable insights and advice from successful international professionals. Learn about their career journeys, challenges faced, and strategies for success in the job market. This is a great opportunity to ask questions, network, and get inspired for your own career path!
Panelists: Zhijing (Edison) Wu, Standish Management; Aditi Chhabra, Qualcomm; Swapnil Dhanwal, Activision Blizzard Media; Jal Hasmukhbhai Patel, WSP (Englekirk)Location: Sign into EngageSC to View Location
Audiences: Everyone Is Invited
Contact: Yadi Wang
Event Link: https://engage.usc.edu/viterbi/rsvp?id=400815
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NOVA Building Stuff: Screening and Panel Discussion
Thu, Nov 21, 2024 @ 06:00 PM - 08:30 PM
USC Viterbi School of Engineering
Conferences, Lectures, & Seminars
Join USC Viterbi and PBS SoCal for a special screening of NOVA's Building Stuff!
Humans are the most innovative species on Earth. See how engineers are supercharging our abilities, reaching beyond our horizons, and altering our environment in the upcoming NOVA Building Stuff series.
On Thursday, November 21, join NOVA at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering for a screening of selected clips from the 3-part Building Stuff series paired with a panel discussion featuring experts from the film and a catered reception.
Location: Sign into EngageSC to View Location
Audiences:
Contact: Melissa Medeiros
Event Link: https://engage.usc.edu/viterbi/rsvp?id=401170
